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Tweak says, "Jimmy.Manny for life!"

dejadrew (dejadrew) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-10-11 22:25:00

Entry tags:

creator: fumi yoshinaga, creator: jill thompson, creator: k. sandra fuhr, medium: doujinshi, medium: manga, medium: webcomic, series: food week, title: friendly hostility, title: kinou nani tabeta, title: scary godmother, title: what did you eat yesterday

Mmmm...Jam....
Happy Canadian Thanksgiving to all my fellow canuckleheads. I hope you all enjoy your food comas. I was in the midst of mine when it occurred to me to propose a theme: FOOD WEEK. All the tasty tasty comics featuring, involving, or instructing one how to make food. How about it?

For my first contribution, I offer some lovely recipes in comic form.

First, Hannah from Jill Thompson's wonderful all ages comic Scary Godmother will show us how to make a sammich.

Next, the author of the webcomic Friendly Hostility takes a moment to tell you all about empanadas.

I made those when a houseguest left behind some beer. Nobody in my house drinks beer. But, as it turns out, everybody eats empanadas.

Next, a short segment from a Naruto Kakashi/Iruka doujinshi scanlated by Attractive Fascinante, titled "Hibiki". Did you know that porn can be educational and satisfy non-sexual appetites as well as sexual? IT'S TRUE!

(Note: This particular segment not actually porny. Unless you have a cucumber kink. In which case, party on.)

Lastly, for now, a scene from Kinou Nani Tabeta (What Did You Eat Yesterday), by Fumi Yoshinaga, the mangaka singlehandedly responsible for at least five pounds worth of weight gain. In this scene: JAM!

....What the hell. I just had a turkey dinner a couple of hours ago. I cannot be hungry again.

(shakes fist) YOSHINAGAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

Sigh. I am off to make some toast with jam. Happy snacking, y'all.

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	foxhack 2009-10-12 05:46 am UTC (link)
	That last one... Butter and jam? Ewwwwwwwww. o_O (Reply to this) (Thread)

	currer 2009-10-12 06:01 am UTC (link)
	What's wrong with that? One without the other is just lonely. (Reply to this) (Parent)

dejadrew
2009-10-12 06:08 am UTC (link)

???

Isn't that how most people have toast with jam? It's how I just had mine. Jammy things have to be spread with SOMETHING else, or the bread gets all soaked and gross.

I usually go with butter. Unless I'm in a peanut butter mood. Or I have some clotted cream. Mmm. Clotted cream. Damn, I wish I had me some clotted cream. Hey, I whipped some cream to go with berries for thanksgiving dessert, and I wonder what that would taste like with blackberry jam and OH GODDAMMIT.

(goes back upstairs for a second midnight snack)

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	foxhack 2009-10-12 06:12 am UTC (link)
	... NO. At home, it's either butter, or jam. But not both. D: (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	gargoylekitty 2009-10-12 06:53 am UTC (link)
	How about neither? I never eat anything on my toast(both because I don't eat butter/jam and because I like seeing the Hello Kitty face on it as I eat it). (Reply to this) (Parent)

	arilou_skiff 2009-10-12 10:05 am UTC (link)
	Agreed. I don't use jam (sometimes marmalade) but damn, you can't do both butter and jam. Well, sometimes toast>butter>cheese>marmalade but that's a different beast. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	nagaoka 2009-10-12 11:52 am UTC (link)
	You should try it. It's pretty darn good. They complement eachother's tastes quite nicely. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	koichi_hirose 2009-10-12 06:12 am UTC (link)
	Weird it creeps you out. Here in France, it's almost compulsory. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nezchan 2009-10-12 02:37 pm UTC (link)
	Where I grew up (east coast Canada) it was the same. If you didn't, people thought you were weird. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	bj_l 2009-10-12 06:23 am UTC (link)
	I think you are confused about how to have jam on toast. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	icon_uk 2009-10-12 08:58 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, sorry dude, but I think you're seriously in a minority there, whilst buttered toast is wonderful in and of itself, I'd never have jam on toast WITHOUT butter. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	queen_marshed 2009-10-12 09:31 am UTC (link)
	Blasphemous lieeeeeeeeeeeessssssssss. Butter adds to it the creamy texture! :O (Reply to this) (Parent)

	joseph_k101 2009-10-12 11:39 am UTC (link)
	I agree, jam is better without butter! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	(Anonymous) 2009-10-12 11:42 am UTC (link)
	Agreed. It's one or the other, people. Are you all Texans or something? Jeebus. Just because you can put everything on a piece of toast doesn't mean you should. It's this kind of slippery slope that led to the Goshdarnwich - http://twitpic.com/l4q7b (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ian_karkull 2009-10-12 12:50 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, that seems to be the customary way to do it, but I agree, it's pretty disgusting. Of course, I've banned butter from the breakfast table completely ages ago, for being absolutely taste- and pointless. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kaetepixie 2009-10-12 12:58 pm UTC (link)
	I can see banning butter for health reasons (I don't use it myself except for baking and a few rare recipes) but to say it doesn't do anything to the taste of food is to ignore centuries of cooking knowledge. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	(Anonymous) 2009-10-12 02:47 pm UTC (link)
	Surely taste is a subjective experience, though. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ian_karkull 2009-10-12 05:36 pm UTC (link)
	Using butter to bake is perfectly fine (and delicious!), but I'm inclined to think that people only started smearing butter on their bread to store up some fat for hard times. Sure, fat enhances taste, but I really get enough of that in my horrible, horrible diet, I really don't need to smear it on my toast in concentrated form too. :D (Reply to this) (Parent)

	dorksidefiker 2009-10-12 02:22 pm UTC (link)
	reads the other comments I think you and I may be the only relatively sane ones here. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	midnightvoyager 2009-10-12 02:26 pm UTC (link)
	I've felt like a minority in feeling the same way... at least some people apparently agree! (Reply to this) (Parent)

curlyjo1
2009-10-12 03:32 pm UTC (link)

I wonder if it's a regional thing. I personally do one or the other, but when I lived in England when I was a kid, it was toast -> butter -> whatever else on bread. Which tasted a little odd to me.

don't know if it was the area I lived in, or the time or what, but all my British friends were totally grossed out and had never heard of peanut butter and jelly. Even accounting for the jelly is actually jam in England thing. (Are we sure that we're all speaking the same language, here?)

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